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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Crochet Baby Booties Tutorial

Good morning! First of all, I need to announce the winner of my pattern.
Thank you everyone who entered the giveaway by leaving comments on my previous
post. There were 31 comments in total, and each person was assigned a number
from 1 to 31. Then, using a random number generator at random.org, I picked the
winner.

It was number 9, which is Lalitha.Congratulations! I will e-mail you the pdf file with the pattern right
away.

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This is a tutorial for the baby booties pattern that I shared
back in January. I hope it will be useful!

The size is 0-6 months depending on the yarn you use. In this
tutorial I used worsted weight yarn, and my booties came about 4.5 inches in
foot length, which is approximately size 6 months. Use lighter yarns to achieve
smaller sizes.

This tutorial is my original work, it cannot be copied or distributed in any form. If you would like to share this tutorial on your blog/site, you can use ONE picture with a link back to my original post. I put my heart and my honest work into creating designs, which I share here free. Please, respect my work.

Round 1: ch 17, 4 dc in 3rd ch form hook (first skipped 2 ch count as first dc),
13 dc across, 5 dc in last ch, 13 dc across working in original chain. Join
with sl st. 36 dc in total

Round 2: ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in same space, 2 dc
in each of next 4 dc, 13 dc, 2 dc in each of next 5 dc, 13 dc. Join with sl st.
46 dc in total

Round 3: ch 1 (doesn’t count as a stitch), sc in same st, sc
in each st around. Join with sl st. 46 sc in total

Round 4: ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in back loop only in
each sc around. Join with sl st. 46 dc in total

Half-round 6: On the front of the bootie locate the central
stitch (it’s the 3rd dc2tog), count 8 stitches to the right, attach yarn in 8th
st; ch 2, dc in next st (counts as first dc2tog), {dc2tog over next 2 st} 8
times. 9 dc2tog in total.

Turn.

Half-round 7: dc8tog over next 8 st. Turn.

Round 8: ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2dc) all in same space (counts as
first shell), skip next half-round, shell in end of next half-round, *skip next
3 dc, shell in next dc* 6 times, shell in end of next half-round. Join with sl
st to beginning shell. 9 shells in total

Rounds 9-11: sl st to next ch-2, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2dc) all
in same space (counts as first shell), shell over next shell around. Join with
sl st to beginning shell. 9 shells in total

Fasten off.

Pin the safety pin into one end of the ribbon. Pass it
through the open spaces in the first round of shells. Tie a bow. Trim the
ribbon ends if needed.

Thank you so much! I am so grateful for this tutorial. Now I can see what I did wrong in my previous attempts. I think the hardest part of being a novice crocheter, is not in the execution of the various stitches, but in the placement of the hook to begin a stitch. Somehow, over and over again, I have gotten stuck, in so many patterns. I have spent many hours on the internet looking for help. But it is hard to phrase the right keywords to direct a search engine, and you frequently end up on a site showing you once again, how to chain, single crochet, double crochet, etc. And for the longest time, I wasn't sure how to count my stitches. A good example is finding the center stitch and counting back to place the half-rounds, I would end up with them off-kilter. The final problem (which you have solved for me with your great photos, thank you!), is the placement of that first shell! The entire shelled cuff depends on the proper placement of that shell. I currently have a "pair" of not-really-matched bootees, each of which illustrates a different way to do it wrong!P.S. It was a huge thrill for me to read your comment on my blog post. Thank you for visiting. I am pretending that my minty green sacque and bootees inspired the lovely ones you photographed for your tutorial!Sending you love and continuing prayers for Urkraine.

Hi. Those booties are perfect for girl!!!!. I have a son, and i found it hard to find something really nice for boys. One of my favorites https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/206369423/crochet-bootiesslippers-for-boys-and .